Diocese of Leeds (Roman Catholic)
| Diocese of Leeds (Roman Catholic) | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Liverpool |
| Diocesan bishop | Marcus Stock |
| founding | 1878 |
| surface | 5,033 km² |
| Parishes | 86 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 2,095,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 167.151 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 8th % |
| Diocesan priest | 147 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 9 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,071 |
| Permanent deacons | 23 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 11 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 115 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral Church of St. Anne |
| Website | www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds ( lat. Dioecesis Loidensis , Engl. Diocese of Leeds ) is in United Kingdom situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Leeds .
history
The diocese of Leeds was founded in 1840 by Pope Gregory XVI. Established from assignments of the Vicariate Apostolic Northern District as Vicariate Apostolic Yorkshire District . On September 29, 1850, the Vicariate Apostolic Yorkshire District by Pope Pius IX. with the Apostolic Constitution Universalis Ecclesiae - restoration of the Catholic hierarchy in England - raised to the diocese and renamed the Diocese of Beverley . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Westminster as a suffragan . The Diocese of Beverley gave on December 20, 1878 parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Middlesbrough . On December 20, 1878, the Diocese of Beverley was renamed the Diocese of Leeds . The Diocese of Leeds gave on May 30, 1980 parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Hallam .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Yorkshire District
- John Briggs , 1840-1850
Bishops of Beverley
- John Briggs, 1850-1860
- Robert Cornthwaite , 1861-1878
Bishops of Leeds
- Robert Cornthwaite, 1878-1890
- William Gordon , 1890-1911
- Joseph Robert Cowgill , 1911-1936
- Henry John Poskitt , 1936–1950
- John Carmel Heenan , 1951–1957, then Archbishop of Liverpool
- George Patrick Dwyer , 1957–1965, then Archbishop of Birmingham
- William Gordon Wheeler , 1966–1985
- David Every Constant , 1985-2004
- Arthur Roche , 2004–2012, then Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Order of the Sacraments
- Marcus Stock , since 2014
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Leeds (English)
- Entry on the Diocese of Leeds on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
